WASHINGTON (CNN) — Today’s technology could extract enough untapped natural gas, frozen in Alaska’s North Slope, to heat millions of homes for years, federal officials announced Wednesday.
An estimated 85.4 trillion cubic feet of “undiscovered, technically recoverable gas” is frozen in the state’s North Slope region, according to a U.S. Geological Survey study released by [...]
Watching Gov. Sarah Palin’s policy speech on energy right now. It looks as if she’s tacking on her stump speech praise of McCain. She’s reading off the prompter at times and winging it at others. Still not sure what this speech is, what the goal is, who the audience is…. and why this is [...]
By JUSTIN PRITCHARD and GARANCE BURKE
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Contrary to Gov. Sarah Palin’s campaign promises to “build a pipeline quickly,” the massive project to send natural gas south is still no sure thing.
TransCanada Corp. has been awarded a state license, but still needs approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which is years away. [...]
Anchorage, Alaska – The oil price spike has brought the best of times and worst of times in Alaska.
In the state’s urban metropolis, a retail frenzy is under way as merchants compete for the extra $3,269 that landed on Sept. 12 in residents’ bank accounts. The money is from the normal annual dividend paid by [...]
By Louis Porter Vermont Press Bureau
Another energy problem looms over the campaign: the price of gasoline and heating fuel. Crude oil prices have dropped significantly in recent days to below $70 a barrel, but that lower price will take some time to reach consumers.
“It takes a month for crude oil to actually get to your [...]
New group forms to hold McCain to his pledge to oppose ANWR drilling
By David O. Williams
October 12, 2008 — Even as Sarah Palin “keeps pushing” Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), environmentalists have formed a 527 group to fight the Alaska governor and her oil-and-gas industry [...]
